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| Heppenheim | ||
| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 26.023 (2019) | |
| height | 122 m | |
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Heppenheim is located on the Mountain road in South Hesse at the transition from Odenwald and Hessian reed. At the foot of the Starkenburg you can visit the cozy half-timbered old town.
background
Heppenheim is an old wine-growing community. Imposing half-timbered buildings still bear witness to the former heyday.
In recent times, Heppenheim has hit the headlines above all because of the Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel grew up in Heppenheim, went to school here and started his racing career here. In the vernacular, therefore, one speaks occasionally of Vettelheim.
Neighboring communities
- At the Mountain road: Bensheim in Hessen, Laudenbach in Baden
- In the Upper Rhine Plain: Lorsch (Hesse)
- in the Odenwald: Moerlenbach (Hesse), Rimbach, Fuerth (Odenwald), Lautertal (Odenwald)
getting there
By plane
The airport Frankfurt
(IATA: FRA) is about 60 km north of the city.
By train
Like the entire Bergstrasse district, Heppenheim belongs to the Rhein-Neckar transport association at. The transitional tariff also applies to the Rhine-Main area Rhein-Main transport association
The city is on the Main-Neckar Railway. Of 1 Heppenheim train station There are direct connections to Frankfurt Hbf (approx. 50 minutes) and Mannheim or Heidelberg (approx. 45 minutes each) with regional and regional express trains every hour.
The station itself was completely modernized in 2004 on the occasion of the Hessentag. Since then there have been modern moving walks and a wheelchair-accessible underpass with ramps connecting the two platforms. The station building itself is now closed to the public, you can find it on the two platforms Ticket machines in front.
By bus
In the street
- via the A 5 motorway (Darmstadt - Heidelberg); if you like it slower, you can use the parallel B3.
- If there is a traffic jam on the A 5 along the Bergstrasse, you can also use the parallel A 67 in Ried. Then use the Lorsch junction here. From here you can reach Heppenheim after about 6 km via the B 47 / B 460.
By bicycle
- Bike route The mountain road from Darmstadt to Heidelberg continued from: Rhine Valley Path
- Hessian long-distance cycle route R8: Westerwald - Taunus - Bergstrasse
- Hessian long-distance cycle route R9: From the Rhine to the land of the Nibelungs from Worms via Heppenheim through the Odenwald towards Main Valley.
mobility
The old town of Heppenheim can be easily explored on foot. It takes around 15 minutes to walk from the train station to the historic market square.
Like the entire Bergstrasse district, Heppenheim belongs to the VRN (Rhein-Neckar transport association). To the RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund) there are transitional tariffs that extend to Wiesbaden and Frankfurt.
Parking spaces near the old town:
- 2 Parking lot "Am Graben". car park at ground level.Open: chargeable unclear.
- 3 Parking lot "Parkhof". car park at ground level.Open: paying.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Great market place with market fountain. In the south is the half-timbered town hall, in the northwest the former Liebig pharmacy. The tourist information is located in the east between Schurkengasse and Kirchgasse. Further half-timbered buildings frame the traffic-free square, whose gastronomy invites you to take a break.
- The town hall was built in 1561. When the city fire of 1693 only the stone ground floor hall remained. In 1705/06 the town hall with its baroque half-timbering was rebuilt. The carillon was installed in the restored tower after another fire in 1958.
- The well-known chemist Justus von Liebig completed his apprenticeship in the former Liebig pharmacy. As a result of his experiments with chemicals, the roof structure burned down. Liebig was then fired.
- Half-timbered old town - Heppenheim has a largely preserved, self-contained picturesque old town center. There are many interesting half-timbered houses to marvel at. The cozy streets invite you to stroll. Some smaller remains of the city wall have also been preserved.
- Kurmainzer Amtshof
- court House
- Castle School
- Lazy neighborhood
- 2 Starkenburg - The complex was built in 1065 as a protective castle for the Lorsch Abbey. Today the castle is used as a youth hostel. The big tower can be climbed on Sundays on request. Two smaller towers are freely accessible. There is gastronomy at the castle. The driveway is via a steep cobblestone street (3/4 of the way is open to cars).
- 3 Remains of the Roman "mountain road". Remnants of the Roman "Bergstrasse" - The remains of the road were discovered during canal works in 1955. The approximately 20 m² paving piece is now in the Ferdinand Feuerbach facility. This can be found at the confluence of Karlstrasse and Karl-Marx-Strasse. The green area is freely accessible. If you walk from the train station to the old town, you can stop by here without much detour.
Churches
- 4 St. Peter - The imposing parish church is also called "Cathedral of the Bergstrasse". The church was built between 1900 and 1904 in neo-Gothic style.
Museums
- City History and Folklore Museum in the Kurmainzer Amtshof. The beautiful half-timbered building was built around 1239 and today houses a collection on the city's history.
- private fire brigade museum next to St. Peter's Church.
Streets and squares
- Marketplace
- Marktgasse
- Schunkengasse
- Small brook
activities
- swim in the heated outdoor pool at the train station.
hike
Nice wall possibilities exist z. B. at the Mountain road in the vineyards z. B .:
- on the 6.9 km long Adventure trail "Wine and Stone". Walks in the vineyards and orchards are particularly beautiful when the trees are in bloom in spring. But autumn also has its charm when the leaves of the vines change color. 1 Winzerbrunnen (starting point of the "Wine and Stone Adventure Trail") on Le Chesnay Square. It goes into the vineyards between Unter-Hambach and the Hemsberg. The shortened route leads mostly over asphalt roads, some of which are quite steep. For more information on the route, see the official website of the "Wine and Stone" adventure trail below www.weinundstein.net.
- on the 22 km long Bergstrasse vineyard hiking trail from Alsbach over Zwingenberg, Auerbach, Bensheim, Heppenheim to the Hessian-Baden state border.
- on the Flower path (Marking yellow "B"), 2nd stage of Zwingenberg about Auerbach, Bensheim to Heppenheim - 16.9 km
- on the flower path, 3rd stage via Laudenbach, Hemsbach to Weinheim - 12.3 km.
- on the Castle path (Marking blue "B"), 3rd stage from Bensheim-Auerbauch via Fürstenlager, Bensheim and the Starkenburg to Heppenheim - 13.6 km.
- on the Burgenweg, 4th stage via Laudenbach, Hemsbach Weinheim, Wachenburg, Windeck castle ruins to Weinheim Castle - 18.9 km.
To go biking
Attractive opportunities for cycling tours can be found in the Rhine plain. Beautiful tour destinations are z. B. Lorsch (about 5 km to the west), Worms (about 25 km to the west) or also Weinheim (approx. 15 km south).
- Signposted Mountain bike tours in the Odenwald with different degrees of difficulty you can find here.
Regular events
- On May 1st, one of the young winemakers will Vineyard hike organized. It leads through the vineyards of Zwingenberg to Heppenheim, or vice versa. Over a length of around 21 km there are eight supply stations with food and tasting stands for the local winegrowers who supply the 30,000 to 40,000 hikers.
Events
shop
In the city center there are a few retail stores and the Müller drugstore with an expanded range.
The largest shopping opportunities are, however, on the "green field" in the industrial park (approx. 2 km outside the city center, west of the A5 motorway). There are branches of supermarkets and a smaller shopping center. There is also a large construction and electronics market here. The area has outstripped the city center in Heppenheim in terms of sales for years. The reason is, inter alia. the easy accessibility by car.
The Langnese company operates an ice cream production facility in the same industrial park. On the factory premises there is a working day Factory outlet offered.
kitchen
- There are numerous restaurants to stop off at on the market square and its surroundings.
nightlife
- On the Lantern Path Through the Hessen saga world - guided tours from May to September every Saturday at 10 p.m. and from 26 to 31 December at 7 p.m. · Meeting point: “Big Market”, costs: € 4, children € 2 · Audio tours: Lending: € 5
accommodation
- General: Accommodation search on the Side of the city of Heppenheim
security
health
- Bergstrasse District Hospital - Viernheimer Strasse 2, Tel .: 06252-701 0
Practical advice
- Tourist info Heppenheim, Großer Markt 9 (located directly on the market square in the old town), 64646 Heppenheim, Tel .: 06252 / 13-1171 or -1172
- Opening times: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed on Saturdays from November to February.
The Germany-wide area code for Heppenheim is 06252 and the postcode is 64646.
trips
- Sea of rocks at Reichenbach im Lautertal · Felsenmeer information center
- From Heppenheim you can easily reach interesting destinations in the Rhine valley by bicycle to reach. A suitable cycling map is available at literature specified.
- Lorsch (about 5 km to the west) - former monastery with a well-known gate hall, market square with half-timbered town hall
- Bensheim (about 5 km north) - old town with a beautiful pedestrian zone, some beautiful half-timbered houses; Fürstenlager Castle Park in the Auerbach district. Melibokus with castle ruins "Schloss Auerbach"
- Worms (about 20 km to the west) - Nibelungen city with cathedral
- Weinheim (about 15 km south) - cozy half-timbered old town, 2 castles and a castle park
- Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve (about 25 km northwest) - large floodplain conservation area on an arm of the old Rhine
literature
- Cycling map of the southern Ried with Bergstrasse and parts of the Rhine-Neckar area - scale 1: 30,000, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-931273-46-0 , Price: 7 euros. The map is accompanied by a 16-page booklet with tour suggestions from the local ADFC (General German Bicycle Club). The sheet cut of the map can be downloaded here as a PDF file can be viewed. The map is also available directly from Meki Landkarten Verlag available.
Web links
- https://www.heppenheim.de/ - Official website of Heppenheim
- Bergstrasse Tourism Service - Official community site of the cities and municipalities along the Bergstrasse
- Tourism website "Nibelungenland" - Official tourism website of the Bergstrasse district
- Bergstrasse-Odenwald Nature Park
Webcams
- Steinkopfcam - View of the "Steinkopf" vineyard on the "Wine and Stone" adventure trail
- Nice view of the historic market square with the half-timbered town hall - Commercial camera site with advertising
